Kostas Chalkias drafted into the
squad as replacement for Dimitrus Eleftheropoulos on 28 September.

Charisteas, Angelas

09-Feb-1980

21

F

FC Aris Thessaloniki

6

3

Dabizas, Nikolaos

03-Aug-1973

28

D

Newcastle United FC, England

46

0

Eleftheropoulos, Dimitris

07-Aug-1976

25

G

Olympiakos Piraeus CFP

12

0

Dimitris Eleftheropoulos withdraws
from the squad on 28 September due to conflicts with his club,
Olympiakos.

Fyssas, Panayiotis

12-Jun-1973

28

D

Panathinaikos FC

5

0

Georgiadis, Georgios S.

08-Mar-1972

30

M

FC PAOK Thessaloniki

37

11

Karagounis, Georgios

06-Mar-1977

24

M

Panathinaikos FC

12

1

Kasapis, Michalis

06-Jun-1971

30

D

AEK Athens

33

0

Konstantinidis, Konstantinos

31-Aug-1972

29

M

Hertha BSC Berlin,
Germany

31

1

Konstantinidis, Pantelis

16-Aug-1975

26

M

FC PAOK Thessaloniki

12

0

Player

Birthdate

Age

Pos

Club

App

G

Kyrgiakos, Sotiris

23-Jul-1979

22

D

Panathinaikos FC

0

0

Lakis, Vassilis

10-Sep-1976

25

M

AEK Athens

10

2

Machlas, Nikos

16-Jun-1973

28

F

AFC Ajax, Netherlands

55

17

Nikolaidis, Themistokles

17-Sep-1973

28

F

AEK Athens

30

11

Nikopolidis, Antonis

14-Oct-1971

29

G

Panathinaikos FC

14

0

Patsatzoglou, Christos

19-Mar-1979

22

D

Olympiakos Piraeus CFP

9

0

Seitaridis, Georgios

04-Jun-1981

20

D

Panathinaikos FC

0

0

Venetidis, Stelios

19-Nov-1976

24

D

Olympiakos Piraeus CFP

19

0

Vokolos, Leonidas

31-Aug-1970

31

D

Panathinaikos FC

4

1

Vryzas, Vizis

09-Nov-1973

27

F

AC Perugia, Italy

24

2

Zagarakis, Theodoros

27-Oct-1971

29

M

AEK Athens

61

0

Zikos, Andreas

01-Jun-1974

27

M

AEK Athens

16

0

Notes

Tuesday, 25 September 2001 -
Greek coach Otto Rehhegal has
named his 22-man
squad for the World Cup qualifier against England on
October6. AEK Athens striker Demis Nikolaidis
has been recalled to the Greece squad after a self-imposed 20-month boycott of
the national team. Nikolaidis
refused to play for the national side in protest at refereeing standards in
the Greek league in November 1999. Michalis
Kasapis, who has also been recalled after a
self-imposed exile, kicked a referee in a league match in 1999 and given a
22-match ban. The AEK pair will be joined by
Panathiniakos debutants Sotiris Kyrgiakos and Yourkas Seitaridis, promoted
from the under-21 setup.There is no place for
Inter Milan's Grigoris Georgatos who publicly quit the Greece team in the wake
of their 5-1 thrashing away to Finland on September 5. Central
defender and Panathinaikos captain Ioannis Goumas is missing after breaking a
foot in pre-season.

Friday,
28 September 2001
- Olympiakos goalkeeper Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos asked not to be
included in the national side which will confront England.
Eleftheropoulos was distraught after letting in a soft goal in a 3-1 defeat at
the hands of Lille OSC in the Champions league midweek. He had also
earlier been involved in a fight with team mate Jorge Bermudez and was
punished by missing the opening game for the Greek championship, a 3-0 win
over Heraklis. Eleftheropoulos is almost sure he won't play against Panionios
in the second matchday of the Greek League and has asked for a permission to
skip the World Cup qualifier against England. Greece coach Otto Rehhagel
has accepted his decision, and has called in Kostas Chalkias of Heraklis as a
replacement for Eleftheropoulos and cover for Panathinaikos' goalkeeper
Antonis Nikopolidis who will start against England.